UNIQUENESS

Obey Amendment currently blocks F-22 export, but substantial pressure will get that reversed.
Daniel Darling, staff writer, 8-3-2009. [Faster Times, Shadows Lengthen for the F-22 Raptor, http://thefastertimes.com/defensespending/2009/08/03/shadows-lengthen-for-the-f-22-raptor/]
For those who …desire to procure the F-22.
The Daily Yomiuri 8-26-2007. [Selecting FX fighter not plain sailing, p. ln]
The Defense Ministry is …introduce the advanced F-22.

U.S. would compensate with F-22
Mackenzie Eaglen, Heritage Foundation's Research Fellow for National Security Studies, specializes in subjects such as defense strategy, 9-29-2009. [Heritage WebMemo #2633, 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill: Conference Report Should Defer to Senate Bill on Many Programs, http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm2633.cfm]
Even though the House … Pacific remains strong.

Failure of keeping Japanese security interest means that Congress will be pressured to sell F-22s.
David A. John M. , 20 June 19, “Japan Wobbles On New Fighter As Washington Ponders F-22 Future,” Aerospace Daily and Defense Report, Vol. 230 Issue 58. Factivia.

Japanese Air Force officials …waii) comes up with a Senate consensus, Abercrombie says. The advantage of such sales will be that they bring down the cost of F-22s for the U.S. Air Force too.
P. Parameswaran, staff writer, 3-23-2008. [Agence France Presse, US, Russia, China in fierce battle to sell fighter jets in Asia, p. ln]
US Defense Secretary Robert … challenge," Fischer said.

Congress will consider F-22 based on US-Japan alliance.
Lieven Dewitte, staff writer, 4-27-2007. [F-16 Net, U.S. to lift ban on F-22 exports to Japan, Korea and Israel?, http://www.f-16.net/news_article2299.html]

Japan doesn't want … U.S.-Japan alliance
.

Or, failure of US to produce F-22s for export will undermine deterrence and spark an Asian arms race.
Rupee News 9-7-2009. [Chinas 5th generation fighter planes challenging US prowess, p. ln]
There are worrying signs that the… fifth-generation programs.

Japan will demand the F-22 as a test of alliance’s durability.
Bill Gertz, defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times, 5-18-2007. [The Washington Times, p. ln]
The Japanese view the advanced … will not back Tokyo
and instead kow-tow to Beijing on the sale.

U.S. would feel obligated to compensate Japan with the F-22 and will sell it anyways.
Stephen Glain, staff writer, 5-15-2007. [Newsweek, Japan Forces a Hard Choice, p. ln]
As Japan's foreign policy ….even more complicated.

IMPACTS

East Asian Arms Race
Jin Dae-woong, staff writer, 4-30-2007. [Korea Herald, 'Japan's F-22 buy will ignite arms race'; South Korea raises concerns U.S. sales could affect military balance in Northeast Asia, p. ln]

Japanese F-22 purchase would cause East Asian arms race.
Lee Jong-Heon, UPI Correspondent, 4-27-2007. [United Press International, Japan's Jet Plan Upsets South Korea, http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Japan_Jet_Plan_Upsets_South_Korea_999.html]
Japan's push for the …
Seoul's Hanyang University.

F-22 sale to Japan would cause a regional arms race.
Daniel Darling, staff writer, 8-3-2009. [Faster Times, Shadows Lengthen for the F-22 Raptor, http://thefastertimes.com/defensespending/2009/08/03/shadows-lengthen-for-the-f-22-raptor/]
As for the potential buyers, scale of the F-22 export market.

Japanese F-22 sparks Asian arms race and conflict over Taiwan.
Jin Dae-woong, staff writer, 4-30-2007. [Korea Herald, 'Japan's F-22 buy will ignite arms race'; South Korea raises concerns U.S. sales could affect military balance in Northeast Asia, p. ln]
If Japan is equipped with .. a KIDA research fellow.

Japanese F-22 will cause Russia-China military alliance.
Jin Dae-woong, staff writer, 4-30-2007. [Korea Herald, 'Japan's F-22 buy will ignite arms race'; South Korea raises concerns U.S. sales could affect military balance in Northeast Asia, p. ln]

Russia-China alliance leads to global nuke war.

, a consultant to the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation--Resources and Ranges- Office of Secretary of Defense and president of Third Wave Research (Julie, “Russia, China, India: A New Strategic Triangle for a New Cold War?”, Paramaters- US Army War College Quarterly, Winter 01-02, p 87-97